Yesterday I did a video about focus and I also mentioned my two huge 8 ft. whiteboards.

You want the gory details, here ya go:

Let this be a lesson to anyone who hates doing any type of ‘house work’ as much as I do. The journey sucked but the results are good.

Step 1: Go to any hardware store. I chose Home Depot because it’s 1 block from my office (usually I try not to step foot in that insane madhouse, but it made geographic sense at the time)

Step 2: Find something called “Tile Board”. It’s sold in HUGE sheets like drywall and contractors use it in bathrooms (still not sure what you do with it!). Mine cost $13.85 per sheet. Tile board works perfect for dry-erase markers.

Step 3: Either have it cut at the store into a smaller sheet so you can fit the beast into your car. Yes, the board it BIG and since there were no carts left, I had to carry these two board through the store. Of course, it was Home Depot so there was no one there to help and unfortunately I do not have a 30 foot wingspan.

OR

You can stuff it into your car like I did below. (it barely fit in my shiny new Range Rover, I know.. poor me). I did get sneers from the Home Depot crowd as they saw me struggling to get the huge sheet into my car. Not sure if it was the fact I was struggling with the boards or if it was my car that stuck out like a sore thumb amongst the contractor vans and pick up trucks. But like magic, I transformed in McGyver tied that bad boy down with some rope!

Step 4: Get some wood glue and glue it to your wall. Yes, I did try this, and couldn’t get that damn glue gun to work. It all started when I, for the life of me, couldn’t punch a hole at the end of the glue (tip: ball point pens do NOT work well for this!). Then I tried to glue it to the wall using the extra glue that was on my fingers (seriously!). It was a friggen nightmare so I just leaned the boards against the wall. Works fine for me and now I can transport them to my conference room when I need to.

Here’s the culprit:

Step 5: Write down all your plans to take over the world on your new Whiteboard empire! Check out the sweetness below:

Bottom line:

2 big whiteboards: $13.85
Glue gun I screwed up: about $9
Extra glue on my fingers: free
Paper towel to wipe the glue off the wall: $.05
Large workspace to take over the planet: priceless

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